REUTERS
On December 9, Ukraine reduced power supplies via a single operating transmission line to the annexed Crimea from 185 MW to 20 MW due to an accident in the peninsula's power grid, according to Ukrenergo state company.
"At 16:12 the amount of power transmitted via the 220 kV Kakhovska-Titan line was reduced by 165 MW and currently amounts to 20 MW," the company said in its Wednesday statement.
"According to available data, power reduction was caused by the emergency shutdown in the 220 kV network in the territory of the temporarily occupied Crimea. The cause of emergency is being investigated," the company informed.
At the same time, energy supplies to households in Chaplynsky and Kalanchak districts of Kherson region that are connected according to a regular power schedule from the 220 kV substation Titan, are carried out in the normal operation mode, according to the report.
Power supplies in Yevpatoria, Saki, Chernomorsky and Pervomaysky districts of the Crimea, which were disconnected due to the accident on the power line Kakhovka - Titan - Krasnoperekopsk, have been partially resumed.
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On November 29, state company Ukrenergo restored 220 kV Kakhovska-Titan power line and declared its readiness to resume power supplies to the annexed Crimea within a few hours after reaching an agreement with the activists of the Crimea blockade. However, such agreement was not reached. On December 8, Ukrenergo launched one of the four transmission lines in the direction of the Crimea.